Quite The Stir Bungalow, Gettysburg, PA

Need a break from rushing full tilt down busy city streets where all eyes are focused on the day ahead and the persons' back in front of them? Transport yourselves into history with overnight accommodations at an historical small town all-American '30s and '40s Bungalow where everyone looks you in the eyes, gives you a hearty fare-thee-well and always knows your name.

Be our guests through this Blog, as we share the attitude and style of the 1930s through the 1940s,and yes...glamour of Quite The Stir Bungalow!

A Fair is also an outdoor show: an outdoor amusement show with rides and sideshows

but Gentle Readers? Let's add in to this mix an exhibition, usually competitive, of farm products, livestock, baked goods, jams and jellies, stitchery and

allllllll imaginable! Like carnivals fairs are held annually but unlike carnivals, fairs may be a

County, or a whole entire State Fair!

I DO SO WANT A COMPETIVITE BLUE RIBBON (and not the Butter sort)
In fact?!
I shall bet my giant pumpkin a win against your cruel cold cucumber!

"What's a Permanent Carnival or Fair Called"?

I most deliciously think a good fit to that question would be an amusement park or theme park! Terms for a group of rides and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a large group of people generally in a fixed position!

An amusement park is more elaborate than a simple city park or playground, usually providing attractions meant to cater to children, teenagers, and adults.

The Great Depression of the 1930s and World War II, during the 1940s, saw the decline of the amusement park industry, sniffles.

But, let's discover a mecca by day and a glamourous funland by night?

And a lovely example of an amusement park many of our grandparents

may have rememberd!

Coney Island! "Where Merriment is King (or Keen)!"

Here, Gentle Reading Dahlinks? Watch and listen to 1940s

history of this particular amusement?

A little note of memories...Coney Island is no more.

Alright now, so we've covered everything here but

the Worlds Fair and Socials. I regret to inform you that, socials will have

to simply wait stalwart alongside the World!

What I dearly would like to answer is "What is a Cake Walk"?

Life, Sillies!

Actually...A Cake Walk is a bit of 'wicked good' fun enjoyed at socials (that word again), carnivals, fairs, and fundraising events. It is similar to a raffle and musical chairs. Example: Numbered squares are gently laid out on a path. Tickets are sold to lucky participants, with the number of squares in the path equal to the maximum number of tickets sold. The lucky participants walk around the path in time to lovely music, which plays for an unspecified duration and then stops! Why who KNEW? A number is then called out shrilly, and the person standing on the square with that number wins a contributed/donated CAKE as a prize (hence the name Cake Walk).